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Did you implant the calves?

You can pop out a couple of the bottom sutures in her skin. That will allow the area to drain. That "bulge" you see is fibrin that has no place to go. As far as treating her again, I think you are wasting your time (and $) giving her any penicillin product. Trivetrin/Borgal are good drugs for...

Here are some things that we do when a cow won't let a calf suck (most of the time, it's when we're grafting a calf): Sedate the cow. I use Atravet IV and hobble her as well. Throw a dog in with the pair (not your best dog) and hopefully she'll mother the calf to protect it. As a last resort...

I totally agree with this. Hanging a calf upside down causes all the organs in the abdomen to press up against the lungs, making it harder for a calf to breathe. The fluids that you do see coming out are likely from the stomach. Hanging them upside down is an older school of thought that has...

Will this work with heifers? I thought it was more of a cow program. I would like to use a CIDR and AI them however, I must pick my battles and am happy the manager is willing to try sync'ing them. So just to clarify, I would give them a shot of lute on (let's say) Monday, turn the bulls in and...

We are finding the same thing. Funny thing about this year I guess. We are also having one h*** of a calving season...just about everthing that can go wrong has. Loads of malpresentations, cervix not dilated x 3, twisted uterus. No rotten calves tho and haven't has a uterine prolapse yet but I...

I finally got the boss talked into synchronizing our replacement heifers. :D We will be using natural service rather than AI, but the whole point is to shorten up the calving times. Now I know it will only work if they are mature enough to cycle and we have enough bull power. What is the...

Did not see the post, but here's what I do: With the calf laying on its side, cut through the skin from chin to flank and reflect the front leg back. Cut between the ribs, along the bottom (this is cartilage and will cut easily), and reflect the ribs back. This will give you a clear picture of...

Yup, she's a shorthorn too! Thanks RRC for shedding a different light to approach the manager. However, this guy is all about numbers so it's fair to say I'm stuck with these cows. I was just seeing if anyone had some ol' remedies for these culls (that doesn't involve me shooting her out on...

So last year I "caught" a cow sucking off other cows during calving. She was bred, so I put a bull ring in her nose to try and curb the behaviour. I suffered through with her all summer as she could not go on range (scared she'd get her nose ring hung up on a jackpine). Anyways, at preg check...

How do you stitch an rectal prolaps? Same as a vaginal. Start at the bottom and run the needle thru the skin and then the tissue, alongside the rectum and come out at the top (slightly to one side) under the tail. Thread the needle and pull the needle (with the tape) back down thru the bottom...